Numbers of Legal Occupations in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Occupation group

Legal Occupations

Year Number
2005 4,860
2006 3,620
2007 3,650
2008 3,420
2009 3,200
2010 3,450
2011 3,810
2012 4,010
2013 5,030
2014 5,150
2015 5,520
2016 5,280
2017 5,180
2018 5,580
2019 6,570

Individual occupations

Lawyers

Year Number
2005 1,840
2006 1,700
2007 1,960
2008 1,870
2009 1,700
2010 1,860
2011 1,910
2012 1,920
2013 2,360
2014 2,630
2015 2,830
2016 2,970
2017 2,840
2018 2,950
2019 3,350

Judicial Law Clerks

Year Number
2010 80
2012 50
2013 50
2014 90
2015 90
2016 100
2017 110
2018 150

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Year Number
2005 110
2006 80
2007 70
2008 70
2009 70
2013 150
2014 160
2015 170
2016 140
2017 150
2018 160
2019 140

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators

Year Number
2014 40
2015 40
2016 60
2017 50
2018 50
2019 80

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Year Number
2005 70
2006 50
2007 50
2008 40
2009 40
2010 170
2011 180
2012 190
2013 240
2014 280
2015 250
2016 190
2017 190
2018 210
2019 210

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Year Number
2005 1,670
2006 1,280
2007 1,070
2008 1,080
2009 1,100
2010 1,200
2011 1,590
2012 1,770
2013 1,970
2014 1,950
2015 2,000
2016 1,580
2017 1,390
2018 1,420
2019 1,880

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Year Number
2005 520
2006 390
2007 500
2008 360
2009 290
2010 140
2011 70
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 140
2016 160
2017 350
2018 470
2019 680

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Year Number
2005 650
2006 120
2011 60
2012 80
2013 260
2016 80
2017 100
2018 170
2019 230